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Apparently, silicone can cause swelling of the seals in Girling and
Lockheed systems: http://www.gomog.com/brakes.html I have a Howe
hydraulic clutch in my Nasty Boy, and that also came with the advisory not
to use silicone fluid.
Rick Neville
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:24 AM Brian Drab <bgdrab@redzone.ca> wrote:
> Last week I completed a driving tour in our BJ8. It was a great tour and
> everything ran well except for one thing. 4 or 5 times, when I used the
> clutch, the clutch master cylinder bypassed. The rest of the time it work=
ed
> well. As I don=E2=80=99t want to be caught without a clutch at a later da=
te I am
> changing the clutch master cylinder. I have received a replacement and am
> preparing to install it.
>
> On the box is a quick summary of the bleeding procedure under a warning =
=E2=80=93
> =E2=80=9CUsing Silicon Brake fluid will void warranty=E2=80=9D. I have us=
ed silicon fluid
> for well over 10 tears and never experienced any problems with it and hav=
e
> never seen or heard of this type of warning before. I have never heard of
> any destructive qualities of Silicon fluid.
>
> My question is =E2=80=93 does anyone have any idea what it is about.
>
> For me to change to Dot4 fluid is quite a big deal as I would be changing
> out the clutch as well as the brake system seeing as they share a common
> reservoir.
>
> I=E2=80=99d appreciate any comments on the warning.
>
> Brian Drab
>
> BJ8
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Apparently, silicone can cause swelling of the seals in Gi=
rling and Lockheed systems:=C2=A0=C2=A0
<a href=3D"http://www.gomog.com/brakes.html";>http://www.gomog.com/brakes.ht=
ml</a>=C2=A0 I have a Howe hydraulic clutch in my Nasty Boy, and that also =
came with the advisory not to use silicone fluid.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div><br></div=
><div>Rick Neville</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:24 AM Brian Drab <<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:bgdrab@redzone.ca";>bgdrab@redzone.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div lang=3D"EN-CA">
<div class=3D"gmail-m_8066255316544746563WordSection1">
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Last week I completed a driving tour in our BJ8. It =
was a great tour and everything ran well except for one thing. =C2=A04 or 5=
times, when I used the clutch, the clutch master cylinder bypassed. The re=
st of the time it worked well. As I don=E2=80=99t
want to be caught without a clutch at a later date I am changing the clutc=
h master cylinder. I have received a replacement and am preparing to instal=
l it.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On the box is a quick summary of the bleeding proced=
ure under a warning =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CUsing Silicon Brake fluid will void =
warranty=E2=80=9D. I have used silicon fluid for well over 10 tears and nev=
er experienced any problems with it and have never seen or
heard of this type of warning before. I have never heard of any destructiv=
e qualities of Silicon fluid.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">My question is =E2=80=93 does anyone have any idea w=
hat it is about.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">For me to change to Dot4 fluid is quite a big deal a=
s I would be changing out the clutch as well as the brake system seeing as =
they share a common reservoir.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99d appreciate any comments on the warning.<=
u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Brian Drab<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">BJ8<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
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